Anne Dudek explains guest role luck

Anne Dudek has revealed that she has been lucky with her guest roles on television.

The actress has starred in shows including House, Mad Men and Big Love but explained that she originally only signed up for small parts.

"None of those things were designed to be what they eventually became," she told The TV Addict. "Right before all this happened, I was excited about writing."

She continued: "I had no idea what [my Mad Men] character Francine Hanson was going to be and it turned into something that was a little bit bigger, where at least for that season I sort of became a presence in that show.

"And at the same time, the same thing happened on Big Love. I had this tiny, tiny little part which was weird and fun and they just sort of kept bringing her back. And then I auditioned for House where my character was never meant to really be chosen as one of the permanent fixtures on the show. But because people really responded to that character, I was brought back."

Dudek explained that she never really expected to land such big roles on shows.

"I happened to pick things that in themselves grew into something more," she said. "It wasn't like all of a sudden I landed all these big roles, I just landed these little things that became more than what they were meant to be, which was nice."